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Ep 28: American Idol (Annotated CFL Talk #3)

Podcast

As part of our summer lineup, we’re revisiting several of the most popular and informative talks given at Christians for Liberty conferences in previous years. Though instead of just reposting ...

Ep 27: Cross Vision with Greg Boyd

Podcast

Theologians have struggled for almost the entire history of the Church to analyze and explain the violence attributed to God in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament. As libertarian Christians, ...

A Neighbor’s Choice

Media

David Gornoski is your neighbor. Besides regularly contributing to LCI, he also gave a fascinating talk at our Christians For Liberty 2016 Conference about mimetic theory, Rene Girard, and understanding ...

The Nativity Means the End of Empire

History

“My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” – Jesus of Nazareth to his imitator Paul of Tarsus Around the world this season, humans of every ...

Ron Paul is still the only Christian choice for President

Libertarianism

Ron Paul is the only major presidential candidate Christians could hire without sinning against Jesus in my lifetime. What I mean by “sin” is doing that which is against the ...

The End of Stoning: Jesus and the Personhood Revolution

Libertarianism

A problem people have when thinking about the lasting legacy of Jesus is the tendency to either objectify him as a ticket into a spiritual in-crowd status or dismiss him ...

The Jesus and Socialism Debate

Announcements

I was recently informed that Lawrence Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), will be on the Up For Debate Radio Program on the Moody Radio Network this ...

The Crucifixion Repudiates Earthly Powers

Philosophy

Malcolm Muggeridge was a journalist and contemporary of C.S. Lewis.  I have seen him quoted by Christian writers multiple times in recent days, which is particularly interesting since he is ...

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

Jesus’ Way Beyond Anger and Contempt

Christian Ethics

Sometimes you read an article and it strikes you as extremely important for your walk with Christ – what follows is one of those. This essay was written by my ...

Libertarianism and the Power of the Gospel

Libertarianism

Christians throughout the centuries have always communicated the good news of the Kingdom of God in the vernacular of their surrounding culture. They have engaged those around them by making ...

Notes on Liberty and Christian Faith

Christian Worldview

During a breakout session at the 2015 International Students for Liberty Conference, I was part of a panel with Norman Horn, Jason Rink, and Chris Wolske. In brief comments before ...

Reflecting on the Sufferings and Temptations of Jesus

Book Reviews

This is a video review of the book “If You Are the Son of God” by Jacques Ellul, French theologian and professor of law. (Published by Wipf and Stock.) Ellul’s ...

The Bible Tells Me So

Book Reviews

I will never forget my Bible college professor’s comment a month before I graduated: “Don’t forget: reading the Bible can really ruin your theology.” He intended to remind me that ...

Interview with Brian Zahnd

Politics

Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is the author of several books, most recently A Farewell to Mars ...

Militarism and Easter

American History

On this Good Friday, Christians are focused on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as a propitiation for the sins of the world. But on every other day of the year ...

Hope for the Dead, Hope for the Living

Christian Worldview

Two articles came to my attention today that are well worth reading. The first comes from Judge Andrew Napolitano as an Easter reflection called Hope for the Dead. He suggests ...

For to Us a Child is Born: Reflections on Isaiah 9:6-7

Theology

Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV 1984): 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be ...

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

Theology

Christians carry around much of their theology within the songs that we sing. That is why the content of our church music is so important. You may forget that sermon ...

Speak Up!

Book Reviews

(This is part six of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, my post on the first chapter here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. ...

Becoming the Body of Christ

Book Reviews

(This is part five of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, my post on the first chapter here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. ...

News of the Week, Sept. 22, 2012 Edition: End the Drug War!

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. American Christians should be concerned about drugs not because the drugs themselves harm (some do, and some not ...

The Way of Peace

War and Peace

All libertarians seek the path of non-violence. Even those with anarchist leanings will concede the possibility that the State has a legitimate, albeit minor, role in society (we usually call ...

Reconciling Rand and Jesus

Christian Worldview

There have been a number of articles lately about the apparent contradictions among small-government supporters who claim Ayn Rand as a hero and who are also religious. This is supposed ...

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